Richard Southward
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North East Secondary Deputy Head, T and L, CPD lead, Science teacher, music and Vinyl enthusiast
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Alastair Gittner
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Good article, I stopped doing it for similar reasons. You might also like this (if you don't know it already)
www.cambridge.org/insight/blog...
there is a part 2 aswell.
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Why assessment may tell you less than you think â Part 1
Robert Coe writes a two-part blog on how to improve the value of assessments in the classroom. Part 1 poses questions to the reader.
https://www.cambridge.org/insight/blog/why-assessment-may-tell-you-less-than-you-think-part-1
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Joel Kenyon
2 days ago
New Blog Post đ I hate QLA. Originally due to the time it sucked out of my PPA I now know that QLA documents do not provide the information we think they do. I go over the justification for why I ditched QLA and the reasons why you should get rid of it too.
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Death to the Spreadsheet: Why I Finally Ditched QLA
Question Level Analysis (QLA) is a staple in many schools. It is designed to turn exam results into a roadmap for student progress. But does it actually lead us where we need to go?
https://open.substack.com/pub/joel120193/p/death-to-the-spreadsheet-why-i-finally?r=4r7sq2&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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SecEd
2 days ago
As we brace ourselves for curriculum reform, what should a modern curriculum look like? Carolyn Roberts â
@ptieducation.bsky.social
â outlines a powerful knowledge approach that empowers
#teachers
& engages learners:
buff.ly/K2GfwTH
#CurriculumDesign
#Education
#Teaching
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Give a little whistle: Knowledge and reform of the national curriculum - SecEd
What is a powerful knowledge curriculum & why does it matter? Explore Future 3 & teachers as curriculum-makers...
https://buff.ly/K2GfwTH
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Carl Hendrick
9 days ago
New study on cognitive load shows it's not a single, stable thing that students carry through a lesson. It rises, falls, peaks, and interacts with motivation. 1/4
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Joel Kenyon
10 days ago
open.substack.com/pub/joel1201...
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The 60-Minute Mental Marathon: What Teachers Have to Juggle
Protecting teacher cognitive load through time-neutrality: why we must prioritise high-quality teaching over performative tasks and administrative noise.
https://open.substack.com/pub/joel120193/p/the-60-minute-mental-marathon-what?r=4r7sq2&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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AR
10 days ago
So I have written another blog, still under the file 'dull but useful'. This one is parents' evening. As with everything I write, take it or leave it as you please...
philsalisbury.wordpress.com/2026/01/18/p...
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Parents evening â what youâre never told
For this blog, I will be talking about Parentsâ evening for years 1 to 6. Although some of the principles can be applied to Early Years, at our school we adopt a slightly different approach for theâŠ
https://philsalisbury.wordpress.com/2026/01/18/parents-evening-what-youre-never-told/
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Claire Stoneman
11 days ago
New blog on the potency of space
open.substack.com/pub/birmingh...
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A reflection on the potency of space in poetry, school leadership, and life
René Magritte, La Décalcomanie (1966)
https://open.substack.com/pub/birminghamteacher/p/a-reflection-on-the-potency-of-space?r=653jt&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay
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Tes magazine
12 days ago
âWe can look at a rising graph line and reassure ourselves that learning must have occurred and we are doing a "good" jobâ: Mark Zacharias warns of the dangers of schools becoming obsessed with data
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Data must be our servant in education - not our master
Data is valuable in schools but it doesnât tell the whole picture - and we become overreliant on it at our peril, writes Mark Zacharias
https://www.tes.com/magazine/leadership/staff-management/danger-of-data-in-education-schools
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Evidence Based Education
14 days ago
When tests hit the ceiling: Why âceiling effectsâ matter In this blog, Professor Rob Coe explores the concept through the lens of a real research project using schools' internal assessments. Read it here:
buff.ly/VXsM67a
#EduBlogShare
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When tests hit the ceiling: Why âceiling effectsâ matter - Evidence Based Education
An assessmentâs âceiling effectâ may have immediate implications for a classroom teacher, but itâs also a concern of educational researchers. In this blog, Evidence Based Educationâs Prof Rob CoeâŠ
https://buff.ly/VXsM67a
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Education Endowment Foundation
14 days ago
Metacognition works â but only when pupils are taught how to use it independently. Modelling alone isnât enough. Pupils need to understand how, when, and why strategies support learning as @kirstinmul.bsky.social's blog explains:
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Where do your pupils need explicit support?
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A fantastic blog that identifies and offers some resolution to the slow march of KS4 into KS3.
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Barbara Bleiman
19 days ago
When teachers offer classroom egs, it can be SO valuable. But often there's just a snippet - a ppt slide or piece of writing & it's hard to know the context, intentions & real impact. This, on the power of Talk for Learning, is different. I love it!
#oracy
www.englishandmedia.co.uk/blog/oracy-i...
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Oracy is the glue
How talk-for-learning can transform reading and writing about challenging texts at KS3, using Jane Eyre as an example
https://www.englishandmedia.co.uk/blog/oracy-is-the-glue-how-talk-for-learning-can-transform-reading-and-writing-about-challenging-texts-at-ks3/
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Otto English
20 days ago
Make this go viral. Labour MP Louise Haigh.
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Louise Haigh
20 days ago
I call on my party and my government to remove themselves entirely from X and communicate with the public where they actually participate online and can be protected from such illegality.
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Tes magazine
21 days ago
'Trust inspection must build from a clear and focused understanding of the problem it is trying to solve':
@steverollett.bsky.social
outlines some of the key concerns around the government's MAT inspection plans
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Why risks remain in governmentâs plans for trust inspections
The Confederation of School Trustsâ Steve Rollett questions the overarching strategy behind Labourâs plans for inspecting academy trusts
https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/risks-in-government-plans-for-mat-inspections
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SecEd
23 days ago
19% of secondary learners in England use EAL: Is your school meeting their needs? Sarah Moodie â
@thebellfoundation.bsky.social
â explores practical steps for auditing & improving
#EAL
provision, from CPD to classroom strategies, using structured frameworks:
buff.ly/nXCHi4P
#Teaching
#Edusky
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Evaluating your secondary schoolâs EAL provision - SecEd
With 19% of secondary learners using EAL, discover how schools can audit, evaluate, and improve EAL inclusive provision
https://buff.ly/nXCHi4P
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Bradford Research School
23 days ago
Deployment and Dialogue: Engaging Teaching Assistants to Improve Practice How leaders can provide meaningful opportunities for TAs to discuss their perspectives, ideas, and concerns.
researchschool.org.uk/bradford/new...
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Deployment and Dialogue: Engaging Teaching Assistants to ImproveâŠ
Engaging teaching assistants in the deployment of teaching assistants
https://researchschool.org.uk/bradford/news/deployment-and-dialogue
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Alex Quigley
23 days ago
Intriguing article from Jill Barshay on mathematical vocabulary use & itâs positive impact on learning:
hechingerreport.org/proof-points...
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Talk nerdy to me: Teachers who use math vocabulary help students do better in math
Using words like âfactors,â âdenominatorsâ and âmultiplesâ may be part of a constellation of good math teaching practices
https://hechingerreport.org/proof-points-math-vocabulary/
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Mark Goodrich
28 days ago
Happy New Year's Eve everyone. If you are a teacher (or indeed anyone) still posting on X, I have a suggested New Year's Resolution for you. Stop! If you agree, please REPOST here and on X if you maintain an account there.
open.substack.com/pub/markgood...
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A New Year's Resolution for Teachers: Quit X
The best time to do so was when Musk started poisoning it; the second-best time is now
https://open.substack.com/pub/markgoodrich/p/a-new-years-resolution-for-teachers?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
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Mark Goodrich
25 days ago
Hi
#EduSky
! I was worried that the Twixmas / early NY period might be a fallow one for blogs but far from it. In fact, some big names have been crazily productive over the holiday period. My
#Saturday3
this week follow a theme of education being really hard work.....
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David Didau
26 days ago
NEW Herd immunity and the limits of peer influence Herd immunity works until the system keeps re-infecting itself. Why a few influential students can tip norms and why no seed group survives adult inconsistency đ
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Herd immunity and the limits of influence
What Elizabeth Paluckâs research reveals about cultural change and why schools have struggled to implement it effectively
https://open.substack.com/pub/daviddidau/p/herd-immunity-and-the-limits-of-influence?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
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Stephen Fletcher
11 months ago
Interesting but not surprising
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Teacherâs Manual
about 1 month ago
Apart from the fun stuff at work, I donât celebrate Christmas. But as a Muslim, I believe that: âA person is either your brother in faith or your equal in humanity.â So Christmas matters to me because itâs celebrated by you â€ïž. Merry Christmas and peace be unto you.
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Mark Goodrich
about 1 month ago
Hi
#EduSky
- it's my last
#Saturday3
before Christmas and first up is this fascinating blog on Basil Bernstein by
@jonesedu.bsky.social
. I have to confess that I had not heard of him but this explains how he anticipated a lot of cogsci and yet was quite different.
bsky.app/profile/jone...
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Carl Hendrick
about 1 month ago
Excellent post from Mary. As
@counsellc.bsky.social
says, "You cannot Rosenshine your way into a curriculum, and nor can you Rosenshine your way into mediating content in subject sensitive ways."
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Mary Myatt
about 1 month ago
I donât think as much attention has been paid to implementing the curriculum as it has to the pedagogy to teach it. Itâs a bit like going into a restaurant where all the effort has gone in to making it look amazing...
open.substack.com/pub/marymyat...
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What criteria for implementing the curriculum?
Well hello there, and welcome to update #148!
https://open.substack.com/pub/marymyatt/p/the-quality-of-implementation?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
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InnerDrive
about 1 month ago
Got questions about Retrieval Practice? Youâre not alone. This blog answers the ones that matter most.
https://www.innerdrive.co.uk/blog/questions-about-retrieval-practice/
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Hannah Wilson ACC FCCT FRSA
about 1 month ago
Our final Belonging Effect (formerly Diverse Educators) blog of 2025 is by me. Creating Psychological Safety in Schools: Building Trust for Pupils, Staff, and Parents
www.thebelongingeffect.co.uk/creating-psy...
#Diversity
#Equity
#Inclusion
#Belonging
#DiverseEd
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Creating Psychological Safety in Schools: Building Trust for Pupils, Staff, and Parents | Belonging Effect
Creating psychological safety is not a luxury - it is the foundation of a thriving school.
https://www.thebelongingeffect.co.uk/creating-psychological-safety-in-schools-building-trust-for-pupils-staff-and-parents/
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Mark Goodrich
about 1 month ago
Feel free to enjoy my Substack on this. The process by which Japanese teachers build this knowledge is often through lesson study (briefly described in the first part).
open.substack.com/pub/markgood...
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What Japan can teach us about running schools
It may not be what you think....
https://open.substack.com/pub/markgoodrich/p/what-japan-can-teach-us-about-running?r=2scc6e&utm_medium=ios
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Mark Goodrich
about 1 month ago
Particularly good episode with lots of great thinking on assessment and how it can be effective. Also, I learnt a new Japanese word - kyozaikenkyu - meaning knowledge of instructional materials. If this whetted your appetite for Japanese words in an educational contextâŠ.
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Zach Groshell
about 1 month ago
Alex Gingell and I get together and talk culture, modeling, rehearsal, and what makes improvement stick ahead of the NYC
@steplab.bsky.social
intensive
educationrickshaw.com/2025/12/15/s...
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S5E11: Alex Gingell on Setting the Culture and Conditions for Effective Instructional Coaching
In this episode, I sit down with Alex Gingell to unpack what it actually takes to make instructional coaching work in a school. Alex explains why his first priority wasnât improving teaching, but sâŠ
https://educationrickshaw.com/2025/12/15/s5e11-alex-gingell-on-setting-the-culture-and-conditions-for-effective-instructional-coaching/
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Jill Berry
about 2 months ago
The new book from
@hannahwilson.bsky.social
, âHow to Cultivate Belonging in Schoolsâ will be out in January. It's available to pre-order here:
www.amazon.co.uk/Little-Guide...
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A Little Guide for Teachers: Cultivating Belonging in Schools : Wilson, Hannah: Amazon.co.uk: Books
Buy A Little Guide for Teachers: Cultivating Belonging in Schools 1 by Wilson, Hannah (ISBN: 9781036206451) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Little-Guide-Teachers-Cultivating-Belonging/dp/1036206459
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Another fantastic piece. Many thanks.
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about 2 months ago
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Alex Quigley
about 2 months ago
An intriguing collection of essays on the idea of âknowledge richâ curricula, teaching & learning. Essays include Naomi Pillingâs brilliant argument for âknowledge richâ art curricula &
@bennewmark.bsky.social
on âknowledge richâ for children who struggle most.
www.civitas.org.uk/content/file...
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Matthew Evans
about 2 months ago
100% Assessment
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Creating people
How tests shape the way pupils see themselves
https://open.substack.com/pub/100assessment/p/creating-people?r=1dksrm&utm_medium=ios
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Andrew Jones FCCT
about 2 months ago
Explicit instruction isnât just a method - itâs a social practice. What does Basil Bernstein tell us about power, language, and who benefits from 'what works' in education? A rethink of pedagogy beyond cog sci đ
#edusju
#uked
#education
#sociology
#speech
mrjoneswhiteboard.blog/2025/12/13/b...
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Pedagogy, power & clarity: Bernsteinâs challenge to explicit instruction
Over the past decade âexplicit instructionâ has emerged as one of the dominant models of evidence-based teaching and learning. From Barak Rosenshineâs (2012) Principles of Instruction to Greg AshmaâŠ
https://mrjoneswhiteboard.blog/2025/12/13/basil-bernstein-and-explicit-instruction-rethinking-pedagogy-beyond-evidence/
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Greenshaw Research School
about 2 months ago
Have you been following the launch of content from our new resource Supporting reading in the Secondary classroom? Why not join our associated programme - it runs online and in-person in South London/Surrey border in Jan & Feb (3 sessions). Read moreâŹïž
researchschool.org.uk/greenshaw/ev...
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Improving reading in the Secondary classroom programme
Learn more about supporting students with reading across the curriculum in our three-session programme.
https://researchschool.org.uk/greenshaw/event/improving-reading-in-the-secondary-classroom-programme
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Bill Wilkinson
about 2 months ago
So, it turns out, ChatGTP will happily strip out the chat and create a CSV file for you.
TuneMyMusic.com
will do the rest. It failed to find 8... which isn't bad. 143 tracks as of about 10 mins ago. Enjoy
#FridayFive
gang.
open.spotify.com/playlist/51F...
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InnerDrive
about 2 months ago
TikTok is fun, but scrolling during study can distract and distort studentsâ sense of time â±ïž Learn how that links to grades.
https://www.innerdrive.co.uk/blog/tiktok-students-grades/
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Sam Strickland
about 2 months ago
New blogâŠ. Headship: The Reality of Sitting in the Chair
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Headship: The Reality of Sitting in the Chair
Thereâs a moment, shortly after you first step into headship, when the building feels different. The corridors look the same, the bell rings at the same pitch, and the children buzz with the same oâŠ
https://samstrickland384843542.wordpress.com/2025/12/12/headship-the-reality-of-sitting-in-the-chair/
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Christian Moore-Anderson
about 2 months ago
I've been captivated by the idea of interviewing students since I read Joseph Novak recommending it. But scale was always the issue. This is a fascinating post and advancement on the idea by
@cerenz.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/episcopa...
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When Assessment Becomes a Conversation
What weâre learning from piloting Viva as an oral assessment tool
https://open.substack.com/pub/episcopalacademyctl/p/when-assessment-becomes-a-conversation?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
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David Didau
about 2 months ago
A discussion of the essay collection, The Value of a Knowledge-Rich Curriculum. Knowledge is not about status or nostalgia but access. Access to disciplines, to shared reference points, to the long human conversation that too many children are excluded from.
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A seat at the table" knowledge, inheritance and the purpose of schooling
Reflections on 'The Value of a Knowledge-Rich Curriculum'
https://open.substack.com/pub/daviddidau/p/a-seat-at-the-table-knowledge-inheritance?r=18455&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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Carl Hendrick
about 2 months ago
Latest post on retrieval practice and what happens when good science becomes bad practice. âŹïž
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Natalie Wexler
about 2 months ago
Why it's important for kids to read whole books--plus why what happened in Mississippi isn't a "miracle" but evidence that science-aligned teaching can lead to dramatic improvements. So can having kids read whole books. My latest post on Minding the Gap:
nataliewexler.substack.com/p/reading-wh...
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Reading Whole Books, and "Miracles" in Education
Yes, kids are reading fewer books in school--and that's a big problem.
https://nataliewexler.substack.com/p/reading-whole-books-and-miracles
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Carl Hendrick
about 2 months ago
Retrieval practice is a powerful tool but it's often used in ways that are not supported by the evidence. Here are five principles to think about when trying to avoid lethal mutations and apply it more effectively.
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Adam Boxer
about 2 months ago
PROFESSOR
@dylanwiliam.bsky.social
IN THE HOUSE It was a real honour for me and
@amymayforrester.bsky.social
to interview Dylan and to talk all things schools, formative assessment, data, effective altruism and teacher improvement. Not to be missed, please share!
open.spotify.com/episode/3Wcj...
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What is formative assessment, and why should anybody care? With professor Dylan Wiliam
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3WcjX6PVMm937cy7sRK9U0?si=QsJygf9TSuyux9To_-mt-w
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Adam Boxer
about 2 months ago
Are predicted grades accurate? This wonderful blog from
@fftedudatalab.bsky.social
explores the question, and my takehome is that *on average* they might be, but for an individual student it's pretty much guesswork. Well worth a read.
ffteducationdatalab.org.uk/2025/12/pred...
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Bradford Research School
about 2 months ago
Feedback: The engine room of adaptive teaching Corinne Settle,
@theeef.bsky.social
teaching and learning specialist, discusses how teachers can use feedback to adapt teaching and improve learning.
educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/news/engine-...
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Feedback: The engine room of adaptive teaching
What happens when teachers act on what pupils show them â and use those moments to shape learning as it happens?
https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/news/engine-room-of-adaptive-teaching
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Mary Myatt
about 2 months ago
Why reading aloud works...
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